Common name
Mandarin: 长波叶山蚂蝗 (chang bo ye shan ma huang)
Mandarin: 长波叶山蚂蝗 (chang bo ye shan ma huang)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Desmodium (9)
Epithet: sequax Wall. (1)
Synonyms: Desmodium ancistrotrichum K.Schum. & Lauterb., Desmodium dasylobum Miq., Desmodium hamulatum Franch., Desmodium sinuatum (Miq.) Baker, Dollinera sequax (Wall.) Schindl., Meibomia dasyloba (Miq.) Kuntze, Meibomia sequax (Wall.) Kuntze, Meibomia sinuata (Miq.) Kuntze
sequax => pursuing, following, trailing
sinuata => having a deep, wavy margin
sinuatum => having a deep, wavy margin (like the oak-leaf)
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: violet
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